South India
LIFF 2017: Ondu Motteya Kathe (Egghead) | Kannada with English Subtitles
Director: Raj B Shetty Starring: Raj B Shetty, Amrutha Naik, Shreya Anchan Run time: 123 mins | Recommended Certificate: 12A Language: Kannada with English Subtitles | Year: 2017 | Country: India Pawan Kumar, winner of the LIFF2013 Audience Award for Lucia, returns with a warm-hearted comic tale of a young bald man Janardhan, trying to […]
READ MORELIFF 2017 Once Again (Pinneyum) – UK Premiere | Malayalam with English Subtitles
Once Again + Q&A with director Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan Starring: Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Subodh Bhave, Nedumudi Venu Run time: 121 mins | Recommended Certificate: 15 Language: Malayalam with English Subtitles | Year: 2016 | Country: India Master Kerala filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan returns to LIFF with a powerful tale of family betrayal and murder. […]
READ MORETamil Studies Beyond Empires: Why India Celebrates Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
On Friday 2nd June, SOAS South Asia Institute are hosting the UK premiere of “Beyond Empires: Why India Celebrates Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg,” a documentary directed by Christopher Gilbert. The 2013 film tells the story and contemporary legacies of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), who was part of the first Protestant missionary team to arrive on the Indian sub-continent in 1706 […]
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American & Tamil: Torn Between Two Cultures by Smrithi Ram
Co-founder & creative director of the S Movement, Tamil-American Smrithi Ram explains why its important for communities to embrace diversity and cultural variety. At Tedx, held at the University of Cincinnati where she is a senior studying psychology, she speaks about her experiences with racism, cultural detachment, and her own identity explorations. Like many first […]
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Why are Tamils protective of their language?
Tamil is one of the very few languages of the world with a classical past and a robust literary tradition that has continued to this day. Despite many foreign occupations of the Tamil country and other outside influences, this noble language has always shined, producing vibrant literature for over 2 thousand years. Why are Tamilians […]
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